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H. IWI GUI DISPENSER. APPLICATION FILEDUIIQM. 22, 1915.

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Herma/n Eisas H1 CUP DISPENSER.

AFPLlCATlON FILED NOV-22. 1915.

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MRMAN ELSAS, OF NEW YGRK. N. Y., ASSEGNOR TO PUBLIC SERVICE CUP COMPANY, 0F BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, A CORFOBATON OF NEW YORK.

CUP-DSPENSER.

Speciication of Letters atent.

Patented ct. 7, 1919 Application mea November aa, w15. serial No. 62,738.

' readily accessible by the operator upon opening a cover or lid.

The cups, preferably arranged in a nested stack, are carried by an elevator which is advanced one cup distance at each opening and closing of the cover. Mechanism is also provided whereby upon reaching a predetermined height the elevator disconnects the advancing mechanism.

In the drawings accompanying this specilication one practicable embodiment of my' invention is illustrated. ln which drawings- Figure `1 shows in side elevation-the improved mechanism mounted in a housing shown in vertical section.

Fig. L) shows a i'ron t elevation of the same, also in section, the elevator being shown at a different height.

yFig. 3 isa horizontal sectional view taken on line 3-3 of 1 looking downwardiy.

Fig. 4 is a detail o portions of the elevator actuating mechanism in the positions assumed when the cover is Ipartly raised, and

Fig. 5 is a similar view showing the' cover down and the pawl held from engagement with the ratchet by the action of the elevator.

The supply or" cups and the operative mechanism are preferably `mounted in a housing 7 provided with a cover or lid 8 hinged to the housing at lwhat for convenience will be termed the back of the housing.

A glass panel 9 may be provided at the front4 of the housing for the purpose of displaying' the cups. Brackets 10 indicate securing or attaching means for mounting the dispenser in some suitable manner. as for instance on a Wall or a water cooler. c

The @over .8 is Shown @naar et its treat than at its rear, the side edges being obliquely disposed. The body of the housing is shown provided at its top with a plate or shelf 1l also obliquely disposed, and slanting from the back toward the front. |This shelf is shown provided with a central opening 12 or' suitable size to permit the passage of the cups. Normally the uppermost cup 131 of the stack of cups 13 extends through such opening 12 in the shelf 11.

Upon opening the cover the` uppermost 4 cup is automatically placed in a convenient position to be removed by the operator, and the she-ltI slanting toward him induces him to move the cup at a slight angle to the axis 'of the stack thereby freeing the cup from the neXt one below and at the same time snapping the rear edge of the cup flange past the free end of yieldalble detent member 30, thus assuring the delivery of a single cup. The stack of nested cups is shown carried by an elevator' le mounted in the housing. The

closing and opening of the cover actuates the elevator in the following manner in the illustrative example shown in the drawings.

Sprocket wheels 15 are mounted onstuds at each side of the top of the' housing for carrying endless chains 16 running over= sprocket wheels 17 fast on a shaft 18 at the bottom. The elevatory is secured -to the chains. ln the illustration slits 19l are provided in the elevator for detachably engag-- ing the wire links of the chain. Suitable guides for the elevator and the sta-ck of cups are shown in the form of four rods 20.

lihe elevator is advanced step by step in steps of cup distances at each lifting of the cover, by means of a pawl 21 suitably cone nected to the cover and a. ratchet wheel 22 fast on the shaft 18. A dog 23 is shown for preventing reverse rotation of 'the shaft.'

its longitudinal axis. The portion Q11 of the pa'wl is drawn toward a fulcrum il by niea'ns of a spring 25, located in suchposition relatively to the-ratchet and the cover connection 32 that the pavvl is drawn away trom the ratchet and out ot connection therewith after the .mount ot movement ot the cover has taken place to rotate the ratchet a sutlicient distance to effect an elevator ad.- vance of one. cup distance. Movements ot the cover beyond that required for advancing the elevator are idle in so tar as the actuating devices are. concerned.

The utility of this arrangement of the mechanism' is obvious when it is considered that different individuals move the lid difterent distances, some tar as it `will go and others barely far enough to permit the rcmoval ot' the cup. The result of communieating such irregularities to the elevator is apparent.

It is very desirable that. the repeated opening of the cover after the supplyY olf cups is exhausted shall not continue to advance the elevator. Actuator disconnecting mechanism is provided. This in the illustration is a bell crank lever '2G pivoted near the lower1 or ratchet engaging end ot the pawl and havingone end 261 in position to engage the pawl upon the. elevation of the other end. The end 262 being shown connected to a link 27 carrying a pin 28 located in the path of movement of the elevator adjacent the limit ot' its upward travel. A spring 29 holds the bell crank 26 at its normal position. These parts are so proportioned that the elevator remains at its position Jfor de.- livering or dispensing the last or loivermost. cup of the stack upon arriving at such position until released and. returned by the attendant.

The sprocket Wheels l5 are shown located toward the back ot the housing and in the. anglebelow the shelf 11 so that the elevator is permitted to rise almost to the horizontal plane ot the front of the body ot the housing.

Changes can bemade Within the scope ot the claims Without departing from the spirit ot` the invention.

l claim:

l, In a cup dispenser, the combination ot an elevator adapted to carry a stack of nested cups1 means for actuating said elevator, and meal .s controlled by the elevator for disengging the elevator actuating; means at a predetermined point in the movement of tho ,I elevator.

Q Pln a cup dispenser, the combination with a housing provided with a hinged lid, of an elevator located therein and adapted to carry a stack of nested cups, means for advancing the elevator step by step embodying a ratchet Wheel, a pawl carried by the Leraar? vvheel.

ln a cup dispenser, the combination with a housin; l provided vfith a hinged lid,

of an elevator `located therein and adapted to carry a stack ot nested cups means tor advancingY the elevator .step by step embodying a ratchet wheel, a paul 'carried by the lid for en.,fgaginp4 and rotating the ratchet wheel? and means tor disconnecting the paul and ratchet upon a predetermined amount of lid movements,

et. ln a cup dispenser9 the combin ytion with a housing` harina; at its upper shelf slanting trom rnc badi*` toivarn the front and provided with an opening; ada.l d to permit the passage o? a cup, and a lid hinged to the rear oiC the housing; ier covering C4uch opening and a cup protruding throrgh the same, ot an elevator located in the housing and adapted to carry a stack of nested cups, elevator advancingmeans embodying a ratchet wheel, and a pawl carried by thelid tor engaging and rotating the ratchet Wheel.

5. ln a cup dispenser; with a housing; havingat upp r part a shelf slanting from the back downwardly toward the front and provided with an opening adapted vto 'permit the passage of a cup. and a lid hinged to the rear ot the housii for covering such opening and a` cup protruding through the same7 ot an elevator located in the housing` belovv the said shel't and adapted to carry a stack ot nested cups, elevator advancing means also located below the said shelf embodying a ratchet Wheel, and a paWl carried by the lid tor engaging and rotating'the ratchet Wheel.

6. ln a cup dispenser, the combination with a housingprovided with a hinged lid7 ot an elevator located therein and adapted to carry astacl oic nested cups7 means tor advancing' the elevator step by step, an f actuator forthe elevator controlled by the raising o'tsaidwlid, and means controlled b v the elevator' upon reaching;l a predetermined height 'tor disengaging; the actuator.

'i'. ln a cup dispenser the combination With an elevator adapted 'to carry a staclf of nested cups34 cfa cover 'for the diepen adapted to be moved into and out ot covering position between successive diepen ations, elevator advancing mechanism adapted to be operated by the cover in its said movements and means controlled by the elevator upon arriving at the limit of 3 advance for disengpiging the said elevator advancing mechanism.

8. ln a cup dispenser, the ,combination ot a housingaltving at its upper part n .he combination litt! fue ffl

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Weel? joward the front end having-x en opening New York and State of New York, this 20th therethrough, means located in the houSing day of November, 1915, before two sub- 10 for advancing the oups successively u scrbing Witnesses. 'f werdly into seid opening, a hinged d on e 5 housing, and means connected thereto for actuating the cup advancing means when VVtness/es:

lsaid lid is operated. STmsoN MUNSELF,

gnedc New York in @ne county of .GERALD Fox.

HERMAN Elysee, 

